The pilot of the downed Russian aircraft was detained in Chernihiv, Head of Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Viacheslav Chaus has said.

"The pilot of the downed Russian SU-25 fighter has just been detained in Chernihiv… An enemy drone was also shot down today," Chaus wrote on Telegram on Saturday.

At the same time, the Pivnich operational command posted photographs in the Telegram showing that the second Russian pilot was killed.

"These two will no longer drop a single bomb from an attack aircraft on civilians... One of the pilots was taken prisoner for a tribunal in The Hague. He has all the evidence of crimes against the Ukrainian people!" the Pivnich operational command said.